TY - JOUR
T1 - Participatory urban planning for climate change adaptation in coastal cities
T2 - lessons from a pilot experience in Maputo, Mozambique
AU - Broto, Vanesa Castán
AU - Boyd, Emily
AU - Ensor, Jonathan
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - This paper proposes a rights-based approach for participatory urban planning for climate change adaptation in urban areas. Participatory urban planning ties climate change adaptation to local development opportunities. Previous discussions suggest that participatory urban planning may help to understand structural inequalities, to gain, even if temporally, institutional support and to deliver a planning process in constant negotiation with local actors. Building upon an action research project which implemented a process of participatory urban planning for climate change in Maputo, Mozambique, this paper reflects upon the practical lessons that emerged from these experiences, in relation to the incorporation of climate change information, the difficulties to secure continued support from local governments and the opportunities for local impacts through the implementation of the proposals emerging from this process.
AB - This paper proposes a rights-based approach for participatory urban planning for climate change adaptation in urban areas. Participatory urban planning ties climate change adaptation to local development opportunities. Previous discussions suggest that participatory urban planning may help to understand structural inequalities, to gain, even if temporally, institutional support and to deliver a planning process in constant negotiation with local actors. Building upon an action research project which implemented a process of participatory urban planning for climate change in Maputo, Mozambique, this paper reflects upon the practical lessons that emerged from these experiences, in relation to the incorporation of climate change information, the difficulties to secure continued support from local governments and the opportunities for local impacts through the implementation of the proposals emerging from this process.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.12.005
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.12.005
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 13
SP - 11
EP - 18
JO - Current opinion in environmental sustainability
JF - Current opinion in environmental sustainability
ER -